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quar⋅ter-hour

  [kwawr-ter-ouuhr, -ou-er]
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–noun
1. a period of 15 minutes.
2. a point 15 minutes after or before the hour.
Origin:
1880–85
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quar·ter-hour also quar·ter hour   (kwôr'tər-our')
n.  

  1. Fifteen minutes.

  2. The point on a clock's face marking either 15 minutes after or 15 minutes before an hour.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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